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ESPN television and radio host Scott Van Pelt, a former Maryland student and big-time Terps fan, had the rare kind word for an airport security team after the staff at Baltimore-Washington International Airport tracked down his stolen backpack and allowed him to make his flight in the span of around 20 minutes. Van Pelt told this story last week on his ESPN radio show, SVP and Russillo. While it’s bad form to just get to it now, it seems like a pretty neat story that deserves to be highlighted, especially considering the amount of negative attention that can be given to airport security during tough times. From what I can gather from the story, Van Pelt was at Maryland for the...

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